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+1
On Jun 3, 2006, at 8:14 AM, Kevan Miller wrote:
> I'd like to request a change to the RTC process being used by
> Geronimo (or at least I'm requesting a relaxation of Ken's
> interpretation of the RTC process).
>
> In Ken's announcement of the change to the commit model, he stated
> that a +1 to an RTC request means "I have applied this patch and
> tested it and found it good". Although a relaxation of this
> interpretation has been suggested (or mentioned), to my knowledge
> nothing has actually changed.
>
> In some areas of Geronimo (e.g. devtools), this is a cumbersome and
> difficult task for most committers. The fact that there are not
> more committers interested in these areas of Geronimo is an
> acknowledged issue. However, it's unlikely that current Geronimo
> committers want to be intimately familiar with some of these
> Geronimo components -- we've all had our chance to get involved, so
> far, but have chosen not to.
>
> That's a specific problem with the current process. However, I
> think there's a general problem with this interpretation for all
> areas of Geronimo. IMO, this interpretation is not really helping
> to address the fundamental problems/concerns which have prompted
> the move to RTC. IMO, these concerns are that 1) some enhancements
> are not being properly communicated with the Geronimo community, 2)
> too many discussions/debates are occurring on private channels, and
> 3) some people are being intimidated to remain silent on some
> public discussions.
>
> I'd like to see some specific RTC guidelines created for Geronimo.
> I'm sure other projects must have already crafted similar
> guidelines. So, I'd like to take a look at those, before spending
> too much time on creating guidelines from scratch (I'd also like to
> shove 1.1. out the door...)
>
> In the meantime, I propose the following interpretation of a +1
> vote to an RTC request:
>
> "I have reviewed (and possibly tested) this patch and found it
> good. I understand the capability which the patch is adding and
> support the direction in which it is taking the Geronimo project"
>
> Comments and suggestions are, of course, welcome...
>
> --kevan
>
>
>
-sachin